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Full-Text Poetry
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Literature Online (LION) | Collection of more than 350,000 works of English and American poetry, 192 full-text literature journals, and other key criticism and reference resources. The Poets On Screen Library contains 839 clips of poets reading their own and other poets' work.
Litfinder | Includes more than 126,500 full-text poems, 850,000 poem citations and excerpts. Also includes biographies, work summaries, photographs, and a glossary.